All About Color #E6A100

#E6A100

About #E6A100

#E6A100 is a medium orange color with the hex code #E6A100. In RGB it is red 230, green 161, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 42°, saturation 100%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 0%, 30%, 100%, 10%. Its contrast ratio is 2.22:1 on white and 9.46:1 on black.

#E6A100 Color Conversion

Hex tripletE6, A1, 00
CMYK0.00%, 30.00%, 100.00%, 9.80%
RGB Decimal230, 161, 0
HSL42°, 100%, 45%
RGB Octal346, 241, 0
HSV (HSB)42.00°, 100.00%, 90.20%
RGB Binary11100110, 10100001, 0
CIE-L*AB71.09, 15.42, 75.00
RGB Percent90.20%, 63.14%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH71.09, 76.57, 78.39
XYZ45.38, 42.31, 5.78
CIE-L*UV71.09, 57.70, 71.83
xyY0.49, 0.45, 42.31
Hunter-Lab65.05, 10.69, 40.27
RYB38.66%, 90.20%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#E6A100 on a dark background: contrast 9.46:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#E6A100 on a light background: contrast 2.22:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #E6A100, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#E6A100 · #FFC642 · #8A6000 · #0045E6 · #427BFF

Analogous palette

#E60045 · #E62E00 · #E6A100 · #B8E600 · #45E600

Triadic palette

#E6A100 · #00E6A1 · #A100E6 · #FFC642 · #42FFC6

Tetradic palette

#E6A100 · #00E62E · #0045E6 · #E600B8 · #8A6000

Monochromatic palette

#4D3600 · #996B00 · #E6A100 · #FFC233 · #FFD980

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